Exam 9: The High-Risk Newborn and Family

The home care nurse is visiting a 6-month-old infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The nurse assesses the child for which signs of overhydration? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a neonate on positive-pressure ventilation. The nurse monitors for which complications of positive-pressure ventilation? (Select all that apply.)

When caring for a neonate in a radiant warmer, what should the nurse be alert to?

A woman in premature labor delivers an extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infant. Transport to a neonatal intensive care unit is indicated. The nurse explains that which level of service is needed?

What should the nurse anticipate in an infant who was exposed to cocaine during pregnancy?

What is the most common cause of iatrogenic anemia in preterm infants?

The neonatal intensive care nurse is caring for a neonate born at 36 weeks of gestation in an incubator. Which actions should the nurse plan to assure adequate skin care for the neonate? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse has been caring for an infant who has just died. The parents are present but appear to be "afraid" to hold the dead infant. What is the most appropriate nursing intervention?

Which is an important nursing action related to the use of tape or adhesives on premature neonates?

What does the nursing care for infants with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) include?

What can stroking infants who are physiologically unstable result in?

The health care provider has prescribed surfactant, beractant (Survanta), to be administered to an infant with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). The nurse understands that the beractant will be administered by which route?

What is a priority of care for an infant with an intraventricular hemorrhage?

An infant of a mother with herpes simplex infection has just been born. What should nursing considerations include?

What are possible premature infant complications from oxygen therapy and mechanical ventilation?

Parents of an infant born at 36 weeks' gestation ask the nurse, "Will our infant need a car seat trial before being discharged?" What is the nurse's best response?